48 pages 1 hour read

Carlo Collodi

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1883

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Chapters 1-12Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 1 Summary

Content Warning: The source material uses outdated and offensive language about individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities. This guide includes this language in quoted material when necessary.

A carpenter, Mastro Cherry, finds a perfect piece of wood to shape into a table leg. As he starts to carve bark off the wood, he hears a tiny voice begging Mastro Cherry not to hit him too hard; Mastro Cherry looks around, confused, as there is no one there. He strikes the wood again and hears the voice once more; then, he hears giggling as he starts to plane the wood. He decides that the voice must be coming from the piece of wood. Mastro Cherry sits down heavily, shocked.

Chapter 2 Summary

Mastro Cherry’s friend, Geppetto, comes to the door. He has decided to make himself a puppet, with which he will travel the world and make money. Geppetto, who is sometimes teased and called Polendina (“polenta head”) for his yellow wig, has a very bad temper. Believing that Mastro Cherry is insulting him, Geppetto gets in a physical fight with Mastro Cherry when he hears a voice saying, “Bravo, Polendina!” (3).

The two men, after brawling for a time, stop and decide to be friends again.

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